• Make sure your schedule meets all the remaining credits needed on your transcript.  Check SchooLinks to download and view your transcript.

• Make sure your senior picture and quotes are turned in through your Google Classroom Class of 2026.

• Senior meeting with your counselor 1st semester.

• Get to know SchooLinks - you will review your transcripts, add your colleges, & find scholarships under the Finances tab.

  • • • • Transcripts are automatically sent when you add your colleges to SchooLinks.

• Apply for colleges

  • Common App Instructions 

  • How to Request Letters of Recommendation in SchooLinks 

• Search and apply for scholarships - browse scholarships listed in SchooLinks under the Finances tab then click Scholarship Matching

1st Semester

• Attend the Senior class meeting - October 

• Academic Awards Ceremony by invitation - September

• Senior Workday Prep - October

• COLORADO FREE APPLICATION DAYS - October

• College and Money Night at CMU - at CMU Ballroom - get help with FAFSA

2nd Semester

• SENIOR PIC AND QUOTE DUE JANUARY 17TH - MUST BE SUBMITTED IN CLASS OF 2026 GOOGLE CLASSROOM GOOGLE FORM

• Volunteer Hours - If you are turning in volunteer hours, please have your hours turned in to the registrar in the counseling office by Spring Break

• CAP & GOWN - Please be sure to order no later than Spring Break (March 16th - March 20th)

• NHS dues paid by April 15th

• LAST SENIOR MEETING - MANDATORY FOR ALL SENIORS - April 

• Prom - April 25th

• Turn in your letters of college acceptance and scholarships to the counseling office to be in the slideshow and graduation program - Deadline May 5th

• BE SURE TO ADD YOUR FINAL COLLEGE ON SCHOOLINKS - to avoid the delay of your final transcript being sent to your college of choice.  This is part of your check out.

• Senior Exit Survey on SchooLinks - May 8th

• Senior Checkout in Auditorium - May 8th

• Graduation Practice - May 11th

• Graduation - May 12th 6:00PM

If you plan on playing sports in college, students are responsible for registering with the NCAA 

Students are responsible for making sure their classes are NCAA-approved.  All NCAA-approved classes will have a green check mark next to the class in the FMHS Course Guide.   Visit with your counselor or Jenny Wolf if you have any questions.

• Senior checkout will be May 8th, 8:00-12:00 in the auditorium. 12:00-3:15 in the counseling office.

• Seniors will receive their checkout sheet during 3rd hour class on Monday, May 4th.  Students will have all week to have their teachers/college professors sign off on their sheets & pay fees.  Counselors will sign off on the sheets last on Friday in the auditorium.

• If you do not have a 3rd-hour class, please pick up your checkout sheet in the Counseling office BEFORE Thursday.

• To help speed the process, make sure all your fees are paid prior to checkout week (MyPaymentsPlus), library books turned in, and have passing grades!

• Caps and Gowns will be picked up on Friday, May 8th in the Auditorium after everything has been signed off on your checkout sheet.

• Seniors must have their fees paid, checkout sheet completely signed off and turned in to the counseling office by the end of the day on May 8th.

• Graduation rehearsal is MANDATORY for all graduating seniors at Stocker Stadium on May 11th.

• Graduation will be held at Stocker Stadium at 6:00 pm on May 12th.

25 Credits 

• 4 ELA credits

• 3 Math credits

• 3 Science credits

• 3 Social Studies credits

• 0.5 PE credit

• 0.5 Personal Fitness & Wellness credit

• 0.5 Fine Arts credit

• 0.5 Computer Science credit

• 0.5 Financial Literacy credit 

• 10 Elective credits

• GPA 2.0+

• Meet testing proficiency cutoff scores (see below)